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16-year-old killers of transgender teenager in England sentenced for 'sadistic' murder (apnews.com)

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Justice Amanda Yip lifted the reporting restrictions on naming the killers of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey. They were identified at Manchester Crown Court as Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe.

The horrific murder shocked the nation. Ghey was stabbed with a hunting knife 28 times in her head, neck, chest and back in broad daylight after being lured to a park in the town of Warrington on Feb. 11, 2023.

Yip handed Ratcliffe and Jenkinson a mandatory life sentence, and ordered them to serve a minimum term of 20 and 22 years, respectively, before they could be eligible for parole. If they had been adults — over the age of 18 — they would have faced much longer minimum terms. They will be transferred to adult prisons when they turn 18. Neither showed no visible reaction on being sentenced.

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[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 13 points 9 months ago

Absolutely. But what does that have to do with this case? Honestly asking, the article didn't say anything about the motive besides an interest jn violence and serial-killers.

[-] PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

I think a lot of Americans, at least in this thread feel like this would be linked with Christian wackos. In Europe we have Christian wackos but they are not the same as the ones you have and are far fewer. It's much more likely that people who hate on a minority are under educated and/or poor. It's also much less of a sides thing, we don't have the Christian wackos (GOP) vs "the rest". Most countries have some sort of proportional representation, so there are Christians in all groups, the Christian wackos are more dilute. That's not to say that they are non existant more that you can't, for example, guess that these people were religious and probably be right like you might in the US.

[-] Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 1 points 9 months ago

Ah thanks, but I'm not from the US (thank god). So this isn't a fact i just missed in other news, it's just the usual duality with no grey in between. I really doubt there was any religion or politics in them. Just sadism and hate. And they picked a target that their surroundings hate. That's what kids do. My 2 euro-cents.

[-] PeterLossGeorgeWall@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

I meant to reply to the person above you actually, sorry.

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